#20 (had to look that up)

so when i came on to post, i had every intention of linking up to an oh-so-similar post from last year. but, i guess i never posted it?? here's what you should've read about last june.....

in short: adam spots shaq in his huge bus parking in a discrete parking lot at the mall. i think he's nuts and go in to some stores while adam decides to go back to bloomingdales (where he thinks mr. famous has parked) and check it out. they had a run-in just as shaq was coming in bloomingdales and adam turned on his papparazzi switch. just imagine that there is like no one else in bloomingdales except shaq and his kids and what probably looks like a photographer. needless to say i was glad i had stayed in PB kids while adam did this embarrassing deed. shaq was surprisingly not very nice and these are the only pics adam got. i think there actually might be one more with shaq staring in to the camera like he's going to kill adam but i can't find that one?

later adam followed him in to the mac store where shaq picked up like 6 laptops for the slew of kids that were with him. can i get one?

so, now. back to present day.

we're at ikea last night and i see what seems like a pretty tall black guy talking in french on a cell phone. but seriously? we're in ikea. he could be a tourist for all i know. i don't think much of it. but, leave it to adam to practically have the cart up on two wheels (with olivia in tow) just when he hears the voice. as soon as he connects it to the body (apparently that of mickael pietrus from the orlando magic), he starts practically running after him saying, "let me get a picture!!"

i think my face like froze and turned bright red. luckily he had gotten off the phone so i didn't feel any MORE awkward as i was fumbling in my purse trying to find my stupid camera so adam didn't have a heart attack when we had to let this celeb slip out of our reach. i couldn't find it in the sea of diapers and string cheese and binkies so i had to take it on my phone. luckily 20 minutes later when we were leaving ikea, i found the camera with one reach into my bag. haha. anyway, this guy was really nice and made magic small talk with adam.

i always thought i'd be someone who wouldn't miss out on the chance to take a picture with some celeb they really liked...but after observing this twice with adam and his NBA loves, i'm not so sure i would have the guts.

maybe i should also add that we were pulling out of the parking lot when adam sees mickael leaving with his purchases. adam rolls down the window and half joking says, "hey do you need some help?" apparently the humor did not translate to our friend the frenchman because i think he totally thought adam was serious and was half expecting him to say, "can i get your phone number too? want to have a sleepover?" he just told adam no thanks and we drove off.

seriously maybe the embarrassment won't make it through to you via the blog but hopefully you get a good laugh. i sure did. and on the way home adam made a good point. aren't i glad that i'm married to someone who is not afraid to do these embarrassing things and make me laugh? definitely got a real life LOL.

the BFFs. clearly blackberry does not realize that EXTREMELY important photos might be taken on their phones because this is not such a great shot. olivia does not understand what all the excitement is about, obviously. it did take me like 5 minutes to get her to stop looking up at this new friend that was hovering over her. lol.